The ones who like them are, from the comments, trying to use WP as a
movie guide. It isn't--its an encyclopedia. When one reads an
encyclopedic entry on a work of fiction, one expects to find the
plot--the whole plot. There are multiple other sources for movie
reviews. If we want this section of our coverage to look respectably
encyclopedic, the spoilers should stay out.
It's not a matter of pleasing people or not, but of maintaining a
proper tone and proper standards.
On 12/16/07, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16/12/2007, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu wrote:
Quoting Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:
On 16/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu
<joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
> See
http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6424&p=147306#p147306
>
> In retrospect I'm not sure why no one did this before. The sample isn't
> exactly
> representative (since it is xkcd fora). But one interesting thing
> seems clear;
> the public prefers spoiler warnings on Wikipedia and uses them.
>
Well... thirty people on an internet forum prefer spoiler warnings and
use them. I'm not entirely sure we can generalise from that to "the
public" with any degree of confidence.
That's true. The sample size is very small. But considering that one argument
made in favor of spoiler removal was that the spoiler-removal was favored by
the public this preliminary data doesn't seem to back that up at all and if
anything shows the other direction.
If you check recent changes, it's also apparent that a large number of
people are in favor of vandalism. That doesn't mean we should start
allowing it.
How did you make the connection between spoiler warnings and
vandalism? Seems like you are just putting up a straw man to knock
down.
Peter
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